“We’re thrilled to return to the world-class competition in the American
Le Mans Series with our flagship American supercar,” said Ralph Gilles,
President and CEO – SRT Brand and Motorsports, Chrysler Group LLC. “The
new SRT Viper GTS-R represents a rebirth for us on the race track. It
epitomizes the best of what our new SRT performance brand represents and
showcases the Viper’s natural affinity for road courses. Now the time
has finally come to go head-to-head with the best sports car teams from
around the world.”

SRT Motorsports has partnered with Riley Technologies, based in
Mooresville, N.C., on the design-and-build process of the new SRT Viper
GTS-R race cars. The team will compete in the Mid-Ohio Sports Car
Challenge, a three-hour American Le Mans Series (ALMS) endurance race
presented by Tequila Patron.

“Racing has been a significant part of the illustrious history of
Viper,” said Beth Paretta, Director of Marketing and Operations – SRT
Brand and Motorsports. “Wins on the track, and continued development of
our street cars along with our new 2013 SRT Viper models are proof of
those lessons learned. Now with our new race team and the launch of the
GTS-R, we’re excited and proud to begin writing more chapters in the
racing history of the Viper beginning at Mid-Ohio.”

Scott Atherton, President and CEO of the American Le Mans Series, hailed
the return of the SRT Viper to the series as one of 2012’s top
announcements.

“I don’t think it’s possible to overstate the significance of the SRT
Viper returning to the top level of professional sports car racing,”
Atherton said. “The Chrysler Group has a long, storied and very
successful history of competing with the American Le Mans Series. The
fact that they’re coming back concurrently with the introduction of the
new production car and doing it simultaneously, we would be hard-pressed
to come up with a better-case scenario. What a great way for the SRT
Viper to come back to racing.”

Two identical SRT Viper GTS-R cars will compete in the production-based
GT class in the series. The GT class consists of production-based,
moderately modified two-wheel-drive race cars. The SRT Viper GTS-R cars
will be competing against the Aston Martin Vantage, BMW M3 GT, Corvette
C6.R, Ferrari F458 Italia, Lotus Evora and Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. The GT
class cars share many styling similarities to their showroom brands and
by series’ rules must have a minimum weight of 2,745 pounds. The cars
produce between 450-500 horsepower with top speeds of up to 180 mph.

More than 30 SRT Motorsports team members were on hand for the most recent track test at Mid-Ohio.

“The decision to make our debut at Mid-Ohio is a result of the progress
made with our testing program,” said Gary Johnson, Road Racing Manager –
SRT Motorsports. “The car has shown steady performance. Each test has
met and more often exceeded our expectations, so we’ll see how things go
at Mid-Ohio and then make a decision about the rest of the 2012
season.”

Following the limited schedule this season, the SRT Motorsports team will compete full time in the series in 2013.

Three full-time drivers currently are signed to drive including Dominik
Farnbacher, from Ansbach, Germany; Marc Goossens from Geel, Belgium; and
Kuno Wittmer from Montreal. Ryan Hunter-Reay from Fort Lauderdale,
Fla. will join the team for the longer endurance races. Additional
driver and team announcements will be forthcoming.

Viper racing heritage
The Viper has enjoyed a successful racing heritage that began in 1996
with the first Dodge Viper racing entry, the original GTS-R, which
earned five international GT championships and the 1997-1999 FIA GT
championships. It also posted an amazing overall win at the Rolex 24
Hours of Daytona in 2000 – the first for a production-based American
car.

Viper finished one-two at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in GTS class in three
consecutive years – 1998–2000 – and captured GTS class and driver’s
championships in the American Le Mans Series in 1999 along with the
Series’ class, manufacturer’s and driver’s championships in 2000 before
retiring from the series.

The Dodge Viper Competition Coupe, introduced in 2003, delivered the
next chapter of that history with its coupe-shaped carbon/Kevlar body
and a track-ready chassis, based on the Dodge Viper SRT10. The Viper
Competition Coupe continued the on-track prowess by capturing the 2004
SCCA Speed World Challenge GT title, championships in Formula D Drifting
series in 2004 and 2006 and the British GT Championship in 2007 and
2008.

In 2010, the Dodge Viper Cup Series was founded using the
limited-edition Dodge Viper ACR-X spec series cars. Now in its third
year, the series has been renamed the SRT Viper Cup Series.

About SRT MotorsportsThe engineering expertise within SRT extends well beyond our
street vehicles. It is a little known fact, but technical support for
the Chrysler Group's motorsports program is provided by the astute
engineers at SRT. Lessons learned on the track directly translate to
improved vehicles for our customers. SRT Motorsports is expanding its
racing presence this year and look for more news from pit lane.

The expansion of the SRT vehicle lineup in the 2012 model year features
four new products that are world-class performance contenders and bring
the latest in safety technologies and creature comforts. These products
include the Chrysler 300 SRT8, Dodge Challenger SRT8 392, Dodge Charger
SRT8 and Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8.

Making its highly anticipated return to the high-performance sports car
market in late 2012 is the new 2013 SRT Viper and SRT Viper GTS. The SRT
flagship performance machines arrive with more power and performance,
superior craftsmanship, new technologies and creature comforts.